Kalaburagi: The Bhima Riverside in the Yadagiri district has become a new target for thieves who try to steal a pumpset cable.
The farmers who had spent Lakh Rupee to install a pumpet now spend their pump night.
At least 40 farmers lose the cable mounted to their pump.
Farmers in Bendebali Village Dharppa Lingadalli said that after a draft for several years, the river was full of water this year.
Paddy plants that stand need water, but because many pumps switch without cables.
Because of the threat of thieves.
Farmers in Talak, Hedagimadra and Bendelembali are many who are worried because they face great difficulties in feeding their plants.
They also filed complaints to Yadagiri police.
About 30 farmers from all three of these villages have lost the cable installed to 40 pumps.
Some of them have a double pump.
Because the price of the cable is high, many farmers cannot afford cables as soon as they are stolen.
Yaadagiri SP CB Vedamurthy said that special teams have been formed to catch thieves.
Eye pumpset cable thief in the field of Agri
